Nanotech used to grow eye cells as a potential treatment for blindness

“Researchers have used 3D nanotechnology to successfully grow human retinal cells, opening the door to a new way of treating age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the developed world.  . . . .  A new study by researchers at the Anglia Ruskin University (UK) in the UK has looked at whether it’s possible to replace damaged RPE cells with fresh ones grown using nanotechnology. To do this, they turned to electrospinning, the process of fabricating a 3D nanofibrous scaffold by drawing polymer fluid through an electric field, breaking the liquid down into ultrathin microscopic fibers. To the researchers’ knowledge, it’s the first time electrospinning has been used to create a scaffold on which RPE cells could be grown.”    MORE

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